Senate postpones passage of Sandy emergency aid

12:07 AM,
Dec. 28, 2012

Written by

Brian Tumulty
Courier-Post Washington Bureau

The Senate delayed action Thursday on $60.4 billion in emergency aid for victims of Superstorm Sandy, but Majority Leader Harry Reid said he expects "as many as 20 votes the next few days" en route to final passage.

Reid, of Nevada, made his comments the same day New York University Hospital in Manhattan celebrated its official reopening from flooding caused by Sandy's storm surge in late October.

New Jersey and New York communities already have received some federal disaster aid to begin rebuilding, but the congressional package is considered critical to recovery efforts and work aimed at ...